"Aaaah!"
"Noooo!"
There were screams as the beast suddenly came back to life and rushed toward the villagers. There was a series of responses as many people quickly ran away while others stood frozen in shock and fear. Greta grabbed Lord Brenwa and hurried away as best as she could.
"What is it? What is going on?" Lord Brenwa asked his wife with concern.
Avlara had quickly raised her bow and an arrow was in it. There was a fearful look on her face but there was also a desire to prevent her people from being attacked. She pointed it at the beast and hit it with the arrow in the shoulder but the beast kept rushing forward.
Evan felt a change come over him as he sprang into action. His sword leaped into his hand as he drew rapidly from the scabbard. The shield sprung into his other hand and he dashed across the ground in a flash. The beast must have sensed Evan behind it because it suddenly stopped and turned around to face him.
The beast let out a deafening roar that caused many of the villagers to scream in fear and run away. The beast's large bulging eyes were red and staring at Evan with rage. It opened its mouth and let out another roar that seemed to be even louder than the previous one. Evan grit his teeth and stared at those sharp rows of teeth in the beast's mouth.
I knew something was off! I had sensed it! Evan thought as he looked at the beast. He was not surprised at all that the beast had come back to life. He stared at the beast with a calm and readiness inside of him. His hand gripped the hilt of his sword tightly.
The beast then rushed toward him. Evan raised his shield before him to protect himself from what he knew was going to be a hard blow from the beast. This time, he made sure to stand in a way that would help to prevent him from falling. The beast rammed into Evan's shield and the sound of it was quite loud in the square. The force of it made Evan move back two steps but this time he did not fall to the ground.
There were screams and cries of fright from the villagers. Many of them were standing out of the way and watching from a distance. There were also several of them who had run into the safety of their houses and were watching from the door or windows. Avlara was a small distance away and had her bow with an arrow in it. She was watching with an expression of absolute confidence in Evan. There was not a sliver of fear on her face.
The beast retreated a few paces and then roared again. There were more screams and shouts of fear from the villagers. Evan braced himself again and the beast came at him. It slammed into his shield and tried to slash him with its claws. Evan was able to protect himself and swung his sword out and caught the beast in the side. The beast did not even react to the blow. It barreled into his shield again and kept trying to swipe at him with its claws. Its mouth was also open as it tried to bite him too.
Evan held the beast back with his shield and slashed at it with his sword. He could see blood oozing out of the wounds on the beast but it was not reacting at all to the attacks. What is going on here? Why won't this thing die?! Evan thought as he kept swinging his sword at it. He had no idea what was going on and wondered if this beast was somehow incapable of dying! But that did not seem right to Evan. He could somehow feel and sense that this beast could be killed.
The beast rammed into him again and tried to feast its teeth on his shield but could not make a purchase. Evan swung his sword even harder and faster at the beast. Chunks of its flesh were now flying off of it. The beast did not seem to feel any of this as it kept slashing and gnashing its teeth at Evan.
Its head! Cut off its head! This thought suddenly popped into Evan's mind as if it were the most natural thing in the world. He somehow knew that this would stop the beast and put a complete end to it.
The beast retreated a few yards away with blood pouring from the wounds that were all over its body. The blood was a pitch-black color and it stained the ground. Evan watched the beast and saw that its eyes were now even redder than before! It was looking at him in a crazed way. Evan geared himself up to deliver the final blow to this creature as he knew that cutting off its head would stop it.
The beast roared even louder and it mouth went as wide as it could. Evan watched in disbelief as its mouth seemed to get as wide as its body. The beast then charged toward Evan and clamped it jaws down on his shield. Evan let out a roar of his own that came from the depths of his being. It was louder than the roar that he had yelled out when he stabbed the beast in the back to stop it from attacking Avlara.
His sword came up high into the air and he brought it down on the back of the beast's neck. The blade sunk into the creature's flesh with the black blood spraying out everywhere. The creature roared again with its mouth on Evan's shield. Evan raised the sword again and brought it down on the exact same spot as before and this time the sword went all the way through the creature's neck and spine. Its body collapsed on the ground with black blood spraying everywhere. Its head was on Evan's shield and its eyes closed as it truly perished.